Sixteen in One: White-Belted Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) From the New World Challenge Species Concepts
Author
Brown, Brian V.
Entomology Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA,
bbrown@nhm.org
Author
Hartop, Emily A.
Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery, Museum für Naturkunde-Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany,
Author
Wong, Maria A.
Entomology Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA, and
text
Insect Systematics and Diversity
2022
6
3
1
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journal article
10.1093/isd/ixac008
2399-3421
Megaselia danizona
New Species
Fig. 19
.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
170 E0450-13F4-44F7-B608- BDA1EC88A5BD
Holotype
.
Male.
COSTA RICA
:
Guanacaste
:
Pailas
II
,
10.76°N
,
85.3341°W
,
809 m
,
16.x.2014
,
D. Janzen
,
W. Hallwachs
,
Malaise trap
PL12-9
(
BIOUG29690
-E10) [
LACM
ENT 366291
] (
LACM
).
Paratypes
.
BIOUG
29598-F02,
2 male
, same data as
holotype
except
2.x.2014
,
BIOUG
29691-B08,
1 male
, same data as
holotype
,
BIOUG
29947-G12,
1 male
, Pailas
II
,
10.763
,
–85.334
,
820 m
,
12.vi.2014
, Malaise trap
PL
12-3 (
LACM
).
Holotype
Barcode
ACTTTGTATTTTATTTTCGGGGCATGAGCT GGAATAGTAGGAACTTCTTTAAGAATTATAATTCGAGCCGAA TTAGGTCACCCAGGTGCTTTAATCGGTGATGATCAAATTTAT AATGTAATTGTAACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTA
TAGTTATACCAATTATAATAGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAGT GCCTTTAATACTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGAAT AAATAATATAAGATTTTGAATACTTCCTCCCTCATTAACCTTA TTATTAGCAAGAAGTATAGTAGAAAATGGAGCTGGGACAGG TTGAACTGTTTACCCCCCATTATCCTCTAGAATTGCTCATAG AGGATCTTCTGTTGATCTTGCAATTTTTTCACTTCATTTAGC CGGTATTTCTTCAATTTTAGGAGCAGTAAATTTTATTACTACA ATTATTAATATACGATCATCAGGAATTACTTTTGATCGAATAC CTTTATTTGTTTGATCAGTAGGAATCACAGCATTACTACTTCT TTTATCTCTACCTGTACTTGCAGGAGCAATTACAATACTTTTA ACAGAT------------------------------------------------
Other Specimens.
17 specimens
from the ESG, Derrumbe, and PL12-3 sites in the ACG project.
Diagnosis.
The wing of
M. danizona
is highly distinctive, with a long costa and strongly anteriorly-curved M
1
vein (
Fig. 19
). The barcode is most similar to that of
A.
oklizona
new species
, from which it differs by 6.06% minimum p-distance (
Fig. 1
,
Table 1
).
This species is in BOLD as BOLD:ACY0171.
Distribution.
Costa Rica
.
Etymology.
This species is named for Dan Janzen, whose projects have yielded many new species of insects.